83: Madison Margolin on Journalism and her Jewish Psychedelic Journey

In this episode, Madison and Jeffrey discuss her Hindu-influenced Jewish upbringing, how she became a journalist, the important role psychedelics have played in her life and Judaism, her living part-time in Israel and being there during the start of the current war, her book, and much more…

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LP561tXLBfA

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Host: Jeffrey M. Zucker

Producer: Kait Grey

Editor: Nick Case

Recording date: 10/27/23

https://twitter.com/margolinmadison

https://www.instagram.com/madisonmargolin

https://www.madisonmargolin.com/

https://ayinpress.org/

https://beherenownetwork.com/category/madison/

Other resources:

Exile & Ecstasy: Growing Up with Ram Dass and Coming of Age in the Jewish Psychedelic Underground

Amazon: https://hayhs.com/ee_pp_pb_az

Amazon Kindle: https://hayhs.com/ee_pp_eb_az

Barnes & Noble: https://bit.ly/3MCeu6q

Bookshop.org: https://bit.ly/3MXvYvF

Booktopia: https://bit.ly/45yoGWc

Books-A-Million: https://bit.ly/3N6Ux9D

Waterstones: https://bit.ly/42drIw9

Indigo: https://bit.ly/4282uzl

Bio:

Best way to contact me is through the contact form on my website: madisonmargolin.com

I'm a writer specializing in psychedelics and cannabis. I also cover Jewish life, science, and other drugs. Based between New York and California, I have written for Rolling Stone, Playboy Magazine, The Progressive Magazine, High Times Magazine, Nylon, Bon Appetit, Broccoli Magazine, LA Weekly, Motherboard, the Village Voice, Tablet, Times of Israel, Merry Jane, the Forward, Narratively, VICE, Cannabis Wire, Miss Grass, Leafly, The Influence, Christian Science Monitor, Freedom Leaf, Inverse, Marijuana Moment, Herb, Deutsche Welle, and other publications.

In addition to writing, I've had the honor to speak about cannabis journalism and cannabis feminism at conferences like AAN (Association of Alternative Newsmedia, San Diego 7/18), Digital Hollywood (Los Angeles 5/18, 10/18), The Rind/Limone Creative's Women in Weed (11/18), The Cannabis Media Summit (12/18), and so forth.

Chapters: 

0:00 - Intro 

12:07 - Education 

23:52 - Jewish Psychedelic Scene 

25:57 - Early Career

32:24 - Current Endeavors 

34:24 - State of Psych Movement 

41:24 - Set and Setting Podcast 

43:15 - Exile & Ecstasy 

46:47 - Ram Dass 

50:10 - Tzfat

53:04 - Ayin Press

55:06 - October 7th 

1:06:29 - When Work Affected Change 

1:08:17 - Mentor 

1:11:47 - Ask Jeff a Question 

1:15:54 - Most Grateful for 

1:17:23 - Snap Your Fingers 

1:18:10 - How to Support